MASON, Ohio – The Georgetown University baseball team fell 11-9 to No. 2 seeded St. John's on Wednesday afternoon. GU will now face the loser of game one between No. 1 UConn and No. 4 Xavier at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow at Prasco Park.
ON THE RECORD
"What a great game to start the tournament, unfortunately, we came up a little bit short. I thought our guy's fight was really good today, being down and coming back a few times. We just didn't hit last today unfortunately. I thought
Cody Bowker gave us a great start and I think today was about
Kavi Caster. He really kept us in the game and gave us some huge home runs and seven RBIs and helped give us a great chance. It is just unfortunate that the ball didn't bounce our way. We had a lot of guys on base but didn't get many in. We will have a short memory and come back out tomorrow and extend our season." - Head Coach
Edwin Thompson
HOYA HIGHLIGHTS
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The first frame was scoreless for both sides as Bowker picked up two strikeouts in the frame. In the second, Georgetown was able to put a runner on second but was unable to bring them home. SJU would leave two stranded in the bottom half of the frame keeping the score tied at 0-0 heading into the third.
- In the top of the third, GU was able to load the bases with one out. Ficca laced a liner to right scoring Eze from third and the Hoyas took the early 1-0 lead. In the bottom half of the inning, SJU had runners on second and third with one out. An RBI single up the middle scored two for SJU giving the Red Storm a 2-1 advantage.
- GU was once again able to load the bases in the top of the fourth with two outs. The Hoya offense was unable to bring any of the runners home leaving the bases loaded for the second time in the first four frames. SJU hit a two-run home run in the bottom half of the inning extending their lead to three.
- Ficca and Hyde hit back-to-back singles to start the fifth frame. A sac bunt from Castillo advanced the runners 90-feet closer to home. Caster came up to the plate and smashed his tenth homer of the season to deep left, tying the game at 4-4.
- The sixth frame was scoreless for both sides. Bergeron hit a one out double in the seventh, but the Hoyas were unable to bring the senior home, keeping the score at 4-4 heading into the bottom half of the inning. SJU hit an RBI single giving the Johnnies a 5-4 lead. A sac fly from SJU scored another runner as the Johnnies took the two run advantage into the eighth.
- Georgetown started the eighth frame with a walk and a single putting two on. GU was then able to load the bases with one out. With two outs and the bases loaded, Caster stepped up to the plate and hit a grand slam to deep left for his second homer of the game giving GU an 8-6 advantage. In the bottom half of the inning, SJU hit a three-run home run taking back the lead at 9-8.
- GU was able to put two runners on with one out. Hollerbach stepped up to the plate and hit a single through the left side scoring one for the Hoyas tying it up at 9-9. SJU hit a walk-off two-run home run in the ninth to secure the 11-9 victory.
OF NOTE
- Eze tallied his 33rd stolen base of the season and is now tied for ninth in the nation in stolen bases.
- Caster hit two home runs, one of which was a grand slam.
- Bowker tallied five strikeouts in six innings.
- GU earned seven walks.
- Georgetown tallied nine RBIs, seven of which came from Caster.
UP NEXT
Georgetown will be back in action tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. as the Hoyas will face the loser of game two between UConn and Xavier. A link to a live stream and live stats will be available on GUHoyas.com.
